Hand fertilizer-distributer



(N0 Model.)

E. F. ANDERSON.

HAND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

N0. 588,045. Patented Aug. 10,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ED\VARD F. ANDERSON, OB GLOSTER, MISSISSIPPI.

HAND FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 588,045, dated August 10, 1897. Application filed May 8, l897.- Serial N0. 635,662. (N0 mode1.)

T0 aZZ whom 2325 may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United Stabes, residing ab Gloster, in the county of Amite and State of Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hand Fertilizer-Disributers, of whieh Ehe following is a specification.

This invention re1anes 110 band fertilizerdistributers, and has for itsobjeet to provide a simple, inexpensi.ve, and eonvenient fertilizer-distributer that may be carried and operated by one hand and by means 0f which the fertilizer may be .deposited in such regulated quanbities as may be determined by the operator.

T0 these ends my invention consists in the features and in the construction, arrangement, and eombination of parts hereinafter deseribed, and particularly defined in the elaims following uhe description, referenee being had t0 the aecompanying drawings, forming a part of this speeification,wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view, partially broken away, 0f my improved fertilizer-distributer and Fig. 2 is a top p1an view thereof.

Referring so the drawings, the refereneenumeral 1 indicates a eonieal vessel, whieh may be made 0f any suitab1e or preferred material and dimensions, though f01 the sake 0f Iightness and durabilityl prefer 130 eonstruet the vessel 0f sheet met-a1. Extending aeross the upper and larger end of the vesse1 1 is a eombined handle and support 2, consisting of a meoa11ie strap bent ab its opposie ends, as ab 3, to conform 130 he eonfiguration of the up perend of 13118 vessel and rigidly affixed by riveting, boloing, 01' in any other preferred and well-known manner. A rod 4 is journa1ed at its upper end in the strap 2 and extends down through the vessel and near its lower end is jonrnaled in a bearing 5, attaehed t0 the 1ower innen end 0f the vesse1 1. The lower and smaller end of the vessel constitutes the diseharge 01' oulet of the device and iselosed by a disk 6, eceenorically affixed 110 ehe 10W01 end of the rod 4. The upper end of the 1'0d 4 is bellt to forma a crank 7, and said crank engages a segmental rack 8, rigidly attaehed to the st1ap 2. The crank in practice possesses sufficient resiliency 110 permit its beim g moved over the rack 170 permic it t0 engage any one 0f the grooves 01 depressions berein, fo1 the purpose hereinafter made apparent.

The operation 0f 1ny improved fertilizerdistributer is as followsi The rod 4 is turned by its erank 7 130 cause the disk or cut-oflf valve 6 to eover and close the diseharge end of the vesse1 1, after which the vesse1 is filled with the fertilizer. The operat-or grasps the strap or handle 2 with onehand and With the thumb 0f the same band turns the erank 7 and partially opens the disk va1ve 6, thus permitting a portion 0f the fertilizer to escape inno the hill. In the Same manner the disk valve is closed and the distribnter earried to the next hi1l and the operation repeated. The hills are successively visited and the operation repeated ab eaeh hi11. The amount of fertilizer distributed in eaoh hill is regulated by opening the disk valve 110 a greater 01 1ess extent, and the extent 130 Which io is opened is determined by the segmental rack 8, the corrugations 01 grooves of whieh hold the disk set at the point to which it is opened until again closed by the operator.

The device is extremely simple, inexpensive, and effeetive, and may be both carried and operated by one hand, leaving the other band of the operator free.

In practice the vessel may be he1d over the hil1 so as t0 discharge the fertilizer over the surface of the hill, 0r the1ower end of nhe vessel may be inserted in the hi1l so as 130 deposit Ehe fertilizer within t-he hil1, as eireum stances may require 0r render preferable.

For convenience in carrying 130 and from the fie1d the vessel may be proi ided wioh a bai1, as indieated in dotted 1ines in Fig. 1.

Having described my invention, what I e1aim is 1. In ahand fertilizer-distributer, the combination With a conieal vesse1 for containing the fertilizer, of an eccentrically-pivoted disk va1ve arranged beneath the s'mall discharge end of the vessel, and means for oseillating said valve 120 open and close said discharge,

substantially as deseribed.

2. In a band fertilizer-distribuer, ohe combination, with a coniea1 vesse1 1 for conuainin g the fertilizer and provided ab its upper end with a transverse strap 2, 0f a rod 4 journa1ed in said strap and in a bearing fixed in one side of the discharge end of the vesse1,

a handle 7 011 the upper end of the rod, and of the rod and elosing the discharge end of a disk va1ve 6 ec'centrica11y fixed 011 the lower 1 the vessel, and a 'segmental rack fixed on the' end of the 1od and closing the discharg'e end said smp and arranged for engagement with x 5 of the vessel, substantially as described. the crank, substantially as described.

3. In a band fertilizer-distributer, the com- In tesimony whereof I have hereunto set bination wiuh a conica1 vessel l for containmy band in presence 0f two subseribing witing the fertilizer and provided at its npper nesses. end With a transverse strap 2, 0f arod4 jour- EDWARD F. ANDERSON. naled in said strap and in a bearing fixed in v 01 1e side 0f the discharge end 0f the vesse1, \Vitnessesz a crank 7 011 the upper end of the rod, a disk J. B. OASON, Jr. va1ve 6 eccentrically fixed 0n the lower end W. D. J OHNS. 

